Biblical Worldview and Ethics
According to a biblical worldview, humans are unique because they were created this way.
What is made in the image of God?
All living things are made of these basic units.
What are cells?
Data expressed with numbers are called this.
What are quantitative data?
This is the science of sorting organisms into groups.
What is taxonomy?
Biologists use this word for any living thing.
What is organism?
These are the three desired outcomes when making a wise biblical ethical decision.
What are giving glory to God, helping people flourish, and helping creation thrive?
Anything that causes an organism to respond is called this.
What is stimulus?
In an experiment testing the effect of water on plant growth, the water is this type of variable.
What is the independent variable?
An organism's scientific name comes from these two levels of classification.
What are genus and species?
An organism that makes its own food is called this.
What is autotroph?
This biblical command instructs humans to fill the earth, subdue it, and exercise responsible dominion over creation.
What is the Creation Mandate?
Sweating on a hot day helps the body maintain this stable internal condition.
What is homeostasis?
This group does not receive the variable being tested and provides a comparison.
What is the control group?
This classification level contains the greatest number of organisms.
What is domain?
A globe is an example of this.
What is a model?
Two scientists reach different conclusions after examining the same fossil because this influences how each interprets the evidence.
What is worldview?
On a hot, dry day, a plant closes openings in leaves to reduce water loss. Identify the stimulus and explain which characteristic of life this demonstrates.
What are hot, dry conditions as the stimulus and responding to the environment, stimuli, to help maintain homeostasis?
Put these steps in order; communicate, observe/form a hypothesis, collect and analyze data, and test with a controlled experiment.
What is observe/form a hypothesis, test with a controlled experiment, collect and analyze data, and communcate?
Scientists use these three traits to classify organisms into domains and kingdoms.
What are cell type, number of cells, and method of obtaining energy?
This structure is found in eukaryotic cells but not in prokaryotic cells.
What is a nucleus?
Name the three biblical principles that guide ethical decisions and the three desired outcomes to evaluate those decisions.
What are the principles that people are made in the image of God, humans are responsible to fulfill the Creation Mandate, and decisions should be based on God's whole truth; and the outcomes of giving God glory, helping people flourish, and helping creation thrive?
A scientist discovers a one-celled pond organism. It absorbs nutrients for energy, grows, swims away from a harmful chemical, divides to produce new organisms, and regulates the amount of water inside its cell. Is it alive? Defend your answer using all five characteristics of life.
What is yes; it is alive because it is made of one cell, uses energy, responds to its environment, reproduces, grows, and maintains homeostasis.
A student changes both the amount of water and the amount of sunlight while testing plant growth. Explain why the experiment is not controlled.
What is more than one variable was changed, so the student can't detrmone which variable caused the results?
Name the 8 levels of classification from largest to smallest.
What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species?
Two animals belong to the same genus but dufferent species. Explain what this reveals about their relationship.
What is they are closely related and share many characteristics, but they are different species?